Ben would say that he's de-escalating the situation by getting those people out of sight and somewhat out of mind - after all, no one wants to see a blood-bath for any reason and that's probably what it would have boiled down to.
Noah would have one other reason not to be afraid of Gina - she actually kinda likes the guy. Similar character traits to Ben in that he's so respectful and considerate towards infomorphs. She'll get into a yelling match, but it would never come to blows.
But you're right, Emperor would be a bit too extreme. The trouble with Japan though... for the Imperial family, there was the Emperor and that was it. To my knowledge, none of the Imperial family went and became Samurai Lords or anything like that - for them it was all or nothing. Again, this is only as far as I know - I could be very wrong.
Okay, so it wouldn't be 'Emperor' in title. Instead it would be more like a governorship-for-life position with Imperial ascension rules. What kind of title could we stick to that?
And this way it won't go flying in the face of the current Emperor (hell, he might even endorse it), so there probably wouldn't be a sudden revolution on Japanese soil. More like the controled migration for a new colony, only with some hicoughs because a few politicians in Japan are hard-liners against Handwavium.
Although if anyone has any ideas for making it a little more exciting, I'm open to suggestions.
Noah would have one other reason not to be afraid of Gina - she actually kinda likes the guy. Similar character traits to Ben in that he's so respectful and considerate towards infomorphs. She'll get into a yelling match, but it would never come to blows.
But you're right, Emperor would be a bit too extreme. The trouble with Japan though... for the Imperial family, there was the Emperor and that was it. To my knowledge, none of the Imperial family went and became Samurai Lords or anything like that - for them it was all or nothing. Again, this is only as far as I know - I could be very wrong.
Okay, so it wouldn't be 'Emperor' in title. Instead it would be more like a governorship-for-life position with Imperial ascension rules. What kind of title could we stick to that?
And this way it won't go flying in the face of the current Emperor (hell, he might even endorse it), so there probably wouldn't be a sudden revolution on Japanese soil. More like the controled migration for a new colony, only with some hicoughs because a few politicians in Japan are hard-liners against Handwavium.
Although if anyone has any ideas for making it a little more exciting, I'm open to suggestions.